Bandini
Siluro #358 sports racing car is now being offered for sale. This
Bandini is one of 46 known Bandinis in the world today and
is the only Siluro (torpedo) with a Series 2 twin cam
engine. The engine produces 71 bhp and because the
car only weighs 750 pounds, it has amazing acceleration and
has been timed at 115 m.p.h. It retains all of its
original metal, from the hand hammered aluminum body to the
interior sheet metal. The fenders on the car are removable
and the original tonneau covers the passenger seat which
made it eligible to also compete in Formula 3 racing in
Italy. The 750cc Bandini DOHC engine
is original to the car. It was imported to
the US in 1958 by TB Davis of Dallas Texas to compete in the
SCCA H Modified class.
Its first documented race was the November 15, 1959, Daytona
National Championship race with Hugh Grammar driving for Davis. It was then bought and campaigned by Hugh
Grammar in the SCCA Southwest Region where it won the Hmod championship from 1961 to 1963 and finished
second in 1964. Its last known race was the
November 14-15, 1964 Riverside American Road Race of
Champions. This Bandini has a continuous ownership
history from new and for the last 25 years has been in car collector Jack
Reuter's garage. It has
been shown in the 1999 Concorso Italiano, the 2002 Pebble
Beach Concours d'Elegance, where it won a prize and, most
recently, at the 2010 Amelia Island Concours where it also
won a prize. This one off timeless classic is hand
made Italian rolling sculpture that Cellini would be proud
of and is eligible for the most prestigious classic car
gatherings in the world including the Mille Miglia Historics, Ville
d'Este, and Goodwood to name a few. Please send all serious inquiries
to: cliff@cliffreuter.com.